Doughnuts! Yum!

Saturday morning I decided to treat the kiddos to a wonderful and tasty breakfast that my parents used to do for us growing up. We made homemade deep fried doughnuts. It is so much fun to make these and kids (and parents) love them. All you have to do is get out your fry daddy and grab a can of biscuits. Now, since I have been doing this awhile, I have a doughnut hole maker and in our family we enjoy the holes more than making round doughnuts. I have heard that people also cut them up or tear them and throw them in the fry daddy. I love this little way to have a fun family activity.
Here are the ingredients! Powdered Sugar and Can Biscuits
Steven and Bryce getting the holes cut out.

Bryce working very hard!

Getting a little help from brother.

Steven shaking the fried doughnuts in the powdered sugar.

Okay, so I am a bad blogger and forgot to get a picture of the finished product! Way to go me! BUT THEY WERE OH SO GOOD!!

22 months

Bryce, Today you are 22 months old! It is so hard to believe that it has almost been two years since you decided to finally make your appearance. You are getting smarter everyday! You are such a joy to our lives and I would take a dozen just like you. Your favorite things right now are tractors and trains. Thomas and the magic Railroad is the only movie that you like to watch. You are very sweet when you want to be and very busy. You love to take a bath and splash, splash, splash. You say thank you when people hand you things. Every morning when we come into your room we are welcomed by a "hi mama or hi daddeee". I love it. You can sing the wheels on the bus, the itsy bitsy spider, and you sing elmo's song really good. You are a dancer! Any type of music you can find the beat and bebop right along with the music. Playing outside and taking bike rides have to be some of your favorite things to do. I cannot wait until it gets warm and we can play outside all the time. You love your cousin and hopefully when it gets warmer he can come and play with you outside! You love to go to school and play with your friends. One of the funniest things that you do is go hide. Hiding to you, is running into a hallway and laying facedown and putting your hands by the sides of your face. You think that this is hilarious. Everyday I am reminded of what a blessing you are. You love your brother very much and Uncle Michael is also one of your favorites. You love to drink out of a cup with a straw. Your favorite foods are any kind of meat, corn, green beans, and jelly beans! I can't wait to see what the next year will bring!

You and cups with straws! You love to drink this way!

Here is your Grandma and you! You are a grandma's boy for sure! Can't say that I blame you, I was a grandma's girl growing up, too!

The daddy's on the bus say shh, shh, shh!

Wordless Wednesday

Prayers Needed

As I have been reading and blog hopping, I have run across a lot of blogs for people who need our prayers! As a mother I cannot imagine what these parents are going through. Please think of them and lift them up the next time you have a great chat with the Man upstairs.

http://laurensblog.greenfamily.net/: This family just lost quads.

http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/: I love to read Kelly's blog. Her first baby was born last month and had pneumonia. She spent some time in the NICU. They are now home but I ask that we continue to remember them.

http://themcclenahans.blogspot.com/ : Cora passed away after a very short fight with stage 4 Neuroblastoma

http://ashleybroach.blogspot.com/ : Lost one of her 18 month old twins to a brain tumor the day after Christmas

http://www.dynamicmikelsduo.blogspot.com/ Her little girl is battling cancer for the second time.

Also, on a close to home note: A wonderful mother and friend passed away here in Decatur. I ask that everyone remember the King/Pierce family as they mourn their mother, friend, and wife.

Wonderful Weekend

I had such a lovely weekend. We spent Saturday in Lebanon, Tn. They have an outlet mall there and Blake and I were in desperate need of some clothes. I only found one thing for me but I can shop later. We did find some great deals for Blake! He is so picky about what he wears. They do have a Nautica and Polo outlet store there so he was able to find some great buys! We then decided that it was time for a rug in the den. I have wanted one forever but the timing was never right. I found a cream shag rug at Home Depot that I fell in love with and had to have. It is so gorgeous in our den. I spent the evening skiing around the rug barefoot last night! Blake also changed two fixtures in the house. Steven went to Merit Badge College this weekend for scouts and earned a fingerprinting badge and worked on a communications badge. He had a great time and loved the instructor. Next weekend, we tackle the weeds in the yard! Sorry no picture from the weekend. Here is an oldie but a goodie!

Okay I am caught up!

Alright, now I promise not to get that behind again.

Getting home to my baby!

No matter how nice it was to get away, it just wasn't as fun as it could be because the little man couldn't be there. As soon as he got home he didn't want to leave Grandma. Now it is hard for me when he doesn't but then I remember never wanting to leave my Grandma, so I can't say that I blame him. Grandma's make everything better. I bribed him with a sucker to make him stop crying and then we had a great time playing in moms room. Here he is eating his sucker. He loves to wear this hat. My mom made it for him.

Here is my big baby, freshly showered and tired from the weekend. But not too tired to play with brother.

It was a great sucker!